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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Parents guide

Once Upon a Time in the West

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for western violence and brief sensuality

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
102 of 205 found this mild
A man grabs a woman's buttocks.
A female main character is sexualized and objectified by several men throughout in one way or another.
A woman is told to allow men to grab her butt and act as if it is not a big deal.
A woman is said to have worked as a prostitute.
Some references to prostitution and rape.
A man tears an article of clothing from a woman, revealing cleavage.
A man barges into a room a woman is bathing in, nothing is seen. This woman is later seen with only a towel on, but nothing is revealed.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
74 of 127 found this moderate
A bullet wound in a man's side is shown close up. Brief and not very gory.
While the violence isn't that frequent as in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, it's much more graphic.
In several scenes, many men are gunned down, but there is no blood spatter. In some scenes, the aftermath of a shootout is seen with moderate blood.
A man is shot in the eye. It is brief, but there is blood spatter.
A young woman, a young man, a boy, and their father are all shot and killed. The younger boy's death is not shown, but his body is later seen.

Profanity

Mild
77 of 105 found this mild
'God' is said once.
'Wh*re' is said at least twice.
'Shit' is said twice. Not more than 1 or 2 uses of 'Ass' 'Bastard' and 'Son of a bitch'
Minimal uses of 'Hell' and 'Damn'

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
77 of 101 found this mild
A bartender smokes a cigar.
A scene takes place in a small rough bar.
A man smokes a cigarette while talking to a woman.
A man lights and smokes a cigar while talking to another man, and then pour and drinks a glass of liquor.
A few men smoke and drink liquor as they play cards.
A man and woman drink at an empty restaurant bar.
There are several instances of cigar smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
61 of 109 found this moderate
The climax is intense.
The main villain is ruthless and sociopathic. There are a few sadistic scenes involving him.
Some people may be disturbed by the bloody and occasionally gory violence, and the fact that one of the main characters kills a child.
The funeral scene is quite upsetting

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • Aoriginal rating
    • M1986, re-rating
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • PAManitoba
    • 14Nova Scotia
    • PGOntario
    • 13+original rating, Quebec
    • G2004, re-rating, Quebec
  • Denmark
    • 16
  • Ecuador
    • 13+self-applied
  • Egypt
    • Not Ratedself-applied
  • Finland
    • K-152003, uncut
    • K-161969, heavily cut
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 16
  • Greece
    • K-12
  • Hong Kong
    • II
  • Hungary
    • 16
    • 14original rating
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • U
  • Ireland
    • 15
  • Israel
    • 14self-applied
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • PG12
  • Malaysia
    • U
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 14original rating
    • 12re-rating
  • New Zealand
    • R16original rating
    • PG1969, re-rating
  • Norway
    • 12Netflix self-rating
    • 161969-1983
  • Philippines
    • G
  • Poland
    • 12self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Africa
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • 15
  • Spain
    • 18original rating
    • 12re-rating
    • 162013, re-rating
    • 141981, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Taiwan
    • 12+
  • Turkey
    • 7+self-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • 12
    • Acut
    • AAoriginal rating, uncut version

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